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Why Startups Need Consultants & Advisors

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Paul O'Brien
Jun 02, 2014
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Silicon Valley thrives on fractional teams. I speak from experience as one of those consultants. There are two fairly unique characteristics of the Valley, unique in that I've not found them to work exactly the same way in other communities:

  1. Knowledge is freely available. You don't pay for what & how, you pay for talent - execution.

  2. Lean Startup can misle…

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